False palm oil free claims are rife! It seems that many brands and retailers are jumping on the bandwagon without doing their due diligence on the source of ingredients.
Skin care, cleaning products, shampoo & conditioner bars especially - These false claims are everywhere, on websites and packaging.
Skin care, cleaning products, shampoo & conditioner bars especially - These false claims are everywhere, on websites and packaging.
This section will contain a list of products, brands and websites making palm oil free claims.
All listed have been given the opportunity to prove their claims with supporting documents. Those who fail to do so will be named in this section.
Products will remain in this section until the false palm free claims are removed from all marketing, websites and packaging. Retailers stocking these products must also remove the false claims from their websites and marketing.
POI will also officially report false palm oil free claims to the ACCC and Consumer Affairs in each state where the business operates.
All listed have been given the opportunity to prove their claims with supporting documents. Those who fail to do so will be named in this section.
Products will remain in this section until the false palm free claims are removed from all marketing, websites and packaging. Retailers stocking these products must also remove the false claims from their websites and marketing.
POI will also officially report false palm oil free claims to the ACCC and Consumer Affairs in each state where the business operates.
26th February 2021
Ingredient distributor / supplier 2.
Ingredients promoted and sold as palm oil free in question:
Magnesium myristate
Magnesium stearate
Ingredients promoted and sold as palm oil free in question:
Magnesium myristate
Magnesium stearate
25th February 2021
Ingredient distributor / supplier 1.
Ingredients promoted and sold as palm oil free in question:
ALMONDMULSE / INCI Cetearyl Alcohol & Glyceryl Stearate & Almondeth-20.
COCOMULSE / INCI Cetearyl alcohol, Glyceryl stearate, Coceth 20
GLYCERYL COCOATE / INCI PEG-7 glyceryl monococoate
COCAMIDOPROPYL BETAINE SURFACTANT
Ingredients promoted and sold as palm oil free in question:
ALMONDMULSE / INCI Cetearyl Alcohol & Glyceryl Stearate & Almondeth-20.
COCOMULSE / INCI Cetearyl alcohol, Glyceryl stearate, Coceth 20
GLYCERYL COCOATE / INCI PEG-7 glyceryl monococoate
COCAMIDOPROPYL BETAINE SURFACTANT
23rd February 2021
Brand 8. Children's skincare and bathing products
Ingredients in question: Decyl Glucoside, Lauryl Glucoside Coco-Betaine, Decyl Glucoside, Coco-Glucoside, Cetearyl Alcohol,
Glyceryl Stearate, Glyceryl Caprylate, Sodium Stearoyl Glutamate
Brand 7. Skin care (RESOLVED)
Ingredients in question: emulsifying wax, stearic acid, cetearyl alcohol, glycerol stearate, sodium stearate.
Palm free claims removed from the brands online marketing. Packaging will be updated to reflect changes.
Brand 6. Hand & body washes and soap bars
Ingredients in question: coco-glucoside - cocamidopropyl betaine - sodium coco-sulfate - sodium laurylglucosides - myristyl lactate - sodium stearate
Brand 5. Shampoo & Conditioner bars (RESOLVING)
Ingredients in question: Sodium Cococyl Isethionate, Cocamidopropyl Betaine, Cetyl Alcohol, Behentrimonium Methosulfate
Ingredients in question: Decyl Glucoside, Lauryl Glucoside Coco-Betaine, Decyl Glucoside, Coco-Glucoside, Cetearyl Alcohol,
Glyceryl Stearate, Glyceryl Caprylate, Sodium Stearoyl Glutamate
Brand 7. Skin care (RESOLVED)
Ingredients in question: emulsifying wax, stearic acid, cetearyl alcohol, glycerol stearate, sodium stearate.
Palm free claims removed from the brands online marketing. Packaging will be updated to reflect changes.
Brand 6. Hand & body washes and soap bars
Ingredients in question: coco-glucoside - cocamidopropyl betaine - sodium coco-sulfate - sodium laurylglucosides - myristyl lactate - sodium stearate
Brand 5. Shampoo & Conditioner bars (RESOLVING)
Ingredients in question: Sodium Cococyl Isethionate, Cocamidopropyl Betaine, Cetyl Alcohol, Behentrimonium Methosulfate
16th February 2021
The following brands have been contacted - names will be revealed if palm free claims cannot be proven within given time frame. Brands marked resolved will not be named.
Brand 4. Shampoo & Conditioner bars (RESOLVED)
Ingredients in question: Cetearyl alcohol, Behentrimonium methosulfate (BTMS), Sodium coco sulfate
Ingredient supplier unable to provide brand with official palm free documentation. Palm free claims removed from the brands marketing.
Brand 3. Conditioner bars (RESOLVED)
Ingredients in question: BTMS 50 - Grapefruit Seed Extract (GSE)
Palm confirmed in BTMS 50 - Palm free claims removed from marketing and packaging. GSE will no longer be used, finding an alternative to BTMS 50
Brand 2. Toothpaste tablets and skin care -
Brand responded with threats of litigation towards POI - Brand has been reported to Commerce Commission
Ingredients in question: Sodium Cocoyl Isethionate - Cetyl Alcohol - Sodium Laurel Sulfoacetate - Cocamidopropyl Betaine - Stearic Acid - Behentrimonium Methosulfate - Magnesium Stearate
Brand 1. Shampoo bars (RESOLVED)
Ingredient in question: Sodium Laurel Sulfoacetate (confirmed as palm derived)
The brand are replacing this ingredient with a verified palm free alternative.
Brand 4. Shampoo & Conditioner bars (RESOLVED)
Ingredients in question: Cetearyl alcohol, Behentrimonium methosulfate (BTMS), Sodium coco sulfate
Ingredient supplier unable to provide brand with official palm free documentation. Palm free claims removed from the brands marketing.
Brand 3. Conditioner bars (RESOLVED)
Ingredients in question: BTMS 50 - Grapefruit Seed Extract (GSE)
Palm confirmed in BTMS 50 - Palm free claims removed from marketing and packaging. GSE will no longer be used, finding an alternative to BTMS 50
Brand 2. Toothpaste tablets and skin care -
Brand responded with threats of litigation towards POI - Brand has been reported to Commerce Commission
Ingredients in question: Sodium Cocoyl Isethionate - Cetyl Alcohol - Sodium Laurel Sulfoacetate - Cocamidopropyl Betaine - Stearic Acid - Behentrimonium Methosulfate - Magnesium Stearate
Brand 1. Shampoo bars (RESOLVED)
Ingredient in question: Sodium Laurel Sulfoacetate (confirmed as palm derived)
The brand are replacing this ingredient with a verified palm free alternative.